Takes

Lyrics

[verse]

I got used to you being here, switching off my pain,

Saying "it'll be alright" — and it always was.

Now the flat just echoes off the walls,

And I'm learning to breathe again, like coming up from underwater.

[chorus]

'Cause I held onto you like a railing on the stairs,

And you left — and the stairs went out from under my feet.

I got so used to being someone who was loved

That without you I just don't know how to live.

[verse]

Everyone says "time heals" — they're all lying the same way,

Time just teaches you to walk with a hole in your chest.

I still pour two cups of tea some mornings,

And your "goodnight" still echoes in strangers' voices.

[chorus]

'Cause I held onto you like a railing on the stairs,

And you left — and the stairs went out from under my feet.

I got so used to being someone who was loved

That without you I just don't know how to live.

[bridge]

Maybe you're happy somewhere — and that's alright,

I'll learn to let go, someday, somehow.

But today, I'm sorry, not yet…

Today I'm still holding onto air.

[chorus]

'Cause I held onto you like a railing on the stairs,

And you left — and the stairs went out from under my feet.

I got so used to being someone who was loved

That without you I just don't know how to live.

Model notes (creation log)

## Metadata
**Caption:** piano ballad, raw emotional male vocal, sparse arrangement, building dynamics, 110 BPM, heartbroken
**BPM:** 160
**Duration:** 180.0s
**Key:** F# major
**Time Signature:** 4

## Lyrics
[verse]
I got used to you being here, switching off my pain,
Saying "it'll be alright" — and it always was.
Now the flat just echoes off the walls,
And I'm learning to breathe again, like coming up from underwater.

[chorus]
'Cause I held onto you like a railing on the stairs,
And you left — and the stairs went out from under my feet.
I got so used to being someone who was loved
That without you I just don't know how to live.

[verse]
Everyone says "time heals" — they're all lying the same way,
Time just teaches you to walk with a hole in your chest.
I still pour two cups of tea some mornings,
And your "goodnight" still echoes in strangers' voices.

[chorus]
'Cause I held onto you like a railing on the stairs,
And you left — and the stairs went out from under my feet.
I got so used to being someone who was loved
That without you I just don't know how to live.

[bridge]
Maybe you're happy somewhere — and that's alright,
I'll learn to let go, someday, somehow.
But today, I'm sorry, not yet…
Today I'm still holding onto air.

[chorus]
'Cause I held onto you like a railing on the stairs,
And you left — and the stairs went out from under my feet.
I got so used to being someone who was loved
That without you I just don't know how to live.